Welcome to ALICE!

ALICE 2.0

Welcome to the new ALICE website! ALICE, the American Legislative and Issue Campaign Exchange, is a one-stop web-based public library of progressive state and local laws.  The library includes model laws, meaning suggested general language for a law, ready to be tailored to a particular jurisdiction, "exemplary" laws that have been introduced or enacted somewhere and are worthy of replication, and various types of "supports" that help to make the argument for particular laws. We're continually adding new laws and supports to the ALICE library, so check back often.

This latest version of the ALICE website includes improved searching and sorting of search results; the ability for users to rate legislation; issue area pages containing policy ideas and top bills; a matchmaking page to link potential drafters with ideas for model legislation; and a resource organizations page with links to those organizations' websites. As ever, these features are a work in progress and we welcome your feedback and suggestions for improvement.

Upcoming Events:

June 12-15, 2013
Working Class Studies Conference
Madison, WI

June 13-15, 2013
ACS National Convention
Washington, DC

Report: Progressive State Policies to Rebuild the Middle Class

This proposed policy agenda for states from the Center for American Progress contains more than 100 policy reforms to improve job quality, reduce the costs of health care, reform the tax code, fix the housing market, improve the quality of education, rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, and strengthen local communities and the legislation accompanying all of these will be added to the ALICE database.

Increasing Voter Registration
 

Voting is a foundational part of democracy in the United States. Many citizens, however, do not get the chance to exercise their right to vote due to an expensive, inefficient and error-prone voter registration system. According to the Brennan Center, the voter registration system is one of “the biggest barriers to free, fair, and accessible elections” ...read more.

Sign up to Rate Laws

The ALICE website now allows you to rate all the model and exemplary laws in the library! Which state has the most comprehensive gun control law? Which municipality has the best employer-provided sick leave policy? Sign up now to start rating, so you can let policymakers and advocates know which laws are most worthy of replication. Once enough ratings are submitted we will publish dynamically-generated lists of the top ten rated laws in each policy area.

Bad Law: Dismantling Renewable Portfolio Standards

Among the regressive legislation ALEC is pushing for 2013 state legislative sessions is the “Electricity Freedom Act,” which forces states to repeal existing laws that require electric utilities to provide a certain percentage of their energy from renewable energy sources. Visit our Energy and Environment page to learn more about this and other ALEC attacks on the environment.

Improving Language Access

According to a Migration Policy Institute data brief, as of 2010, there were over 25 million limited English proficiency (LEP) individuals, in the US, making up approximately 9 percent of the total population. Though the majority of LEP individuals live in only six states (California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, and New Jersey), the national LEP population is spread...read more.

ALICE Matchmaking



ALICE Matchmaking connects individuals and organizations that have progressive policy ideas with drafters who can turn their ideas into model state and local laws. ALICE model laws provide general language for progressive, relevant and attainable state or local laws that are easily adapted to a particular jurisdiction. Click here to learn more or to submit an idea.